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Owner review: Grand Seiko SBGF017
Sometime last year, I somehow ended up falling down the HAQ rabbit hole. It’s inevitable, really, you just have to be in this hobby long enough. And at its bottom, the 8J56 movement was waiting for me. Grand Seiko is surprisingly quiet about the quartz movements that don’t start with a 9F – there is…
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Owner review: Canister Fieldmaster
It’s hard for me to be objective about Canister as a brand and their first offering – the Fieldmaster. But I’ll do my best nonetheless and explain why is that along the way. Canister is the first brand I’ve supported on Kickstarter and the only watch project I rooted for to succeed and see the…
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Owner review: Grand Seiko SBGA083
Before I get to the Grand Seiko SBGA083, indulge me for a minute… I consider myself a relative newbie to the watch world. And my #1 place for discovery has been my endless scrolls through the incomparable WatchRecon app. Seeing what’s out there in the forums, and how they’re valued and hyped, has been informative…
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Owner review: Ratio Skysurfer
Flieger watches are iconic in their own right, but making a good-looking flieger is not an easy thing – make it too fateful to the original design and you risk it looking just like all other fliegers on the market; make it too different and suddenly you don’t have a flieger watch anymore. It’s a…
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Owner review: Christopher Ward C63 Sealander GMT
Meet my Christopher Ward C63 Sealander GMT. I travel a lot, sometimes being in different timezones, I wanted a watch that could track at least two timezones. The search began and while my eye always pointed to this Christopher Ward there was one thing I didn’t like, that being the logo in writing. They always…
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Owner review: Phoibos Apollo Grey PY036E
The Phoibos Apollo Grey PY036E is constructed from 316L stainless steel, has a lug to lug of 48mm, a width of 42mm and a height of 12.5mm. The most obvious feature of the case is the large, screw-down crown snuggled between crown guards at the 8 o’clock position, on the left side of the case,…
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Owner review: IWC Aquatimer Chronograph IW371903
Before we get to the IWC Aquatimer Chronograph IW371903 review we should cover a little bit about the brand. Founded by America F.A. Jones in Schaffhausen, IWC has a watch making history that spans over 150 years. The brand produces watches across many lines: Portugieser, Pilot, Da Vinci, Portofino, Ingenieur, and Aquatimer. The Aquatimer was…
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Owner Review: Formex Essence Thirtynine
It’s a great time to be a collector and I love the new Formex Essence Thirtynine that has emerged from the proliferation of micro-brands, although what constitutes one is a topic for another day. It has meant a boom in design and options for those of us who’ve started with Seikos (and who hasn’t?), are…
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Owner Review: Rolex Ceramic Daytona 116500LN
First released in 2016 as a replacement to the 116520, the steel Rolex Ceramic Daytona 116500LN is today one of the most iconic and sought after of all Rolex pieces – to say it is a legendary model is absolutely not an exaggeration in the current climate, where earlier variants of this models have been…
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Owner Review: Seiko SPB243
Through thunderous clouds they descend upon you: the gods of the watch-y-verse. With earthquake-inducing force, they slam into the ground producing a shockwave powerful enough to tear the watch off your wrist. Towering over you, armed with Breguet hand spears, clad in armor of sapphire and stainless steel, brandishing watch-dial-shields with complications only worthy of…
